# The Tobbell Family Foundation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218567 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218567)
- What it funds: General charitable purposes
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales
- Other names: Ttff (working)
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/tobbell-family-foundation

The Tobbell Family Foundation makes grants to charities and other appropriate organisations in the UK and overseas. Its interests include special needs; hunger, poverty and homelessness; anti-prejudice; education, particularly for women and girls; armed forces charities; animal welfare; and medical research and support.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects of the CIO are to promote or advance any charitable purposes for the public benefit as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit, by the making of grants, donations or otherwise providing financial assistance to charities or other appropriate organisations ('objects').

## What it funds

The Tobbell Family Foundation is registered under general charitable purposes for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Tobbell Family Foundation in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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